I kicked off 2026 with a sapphic young adult horror read containing a unique premise. This Delicious Death depicts life after a pandemic that turned a portion of the population into flesh eaters. This event, called The Hollowing, turned central characters Zoey, Celeste, Val, and Jasmine into Ghouls who need to consume flesh in order … More Review: This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham
It was a magical year of reading, and there’s no better way to wrap things up than to share my 2025 reading list. In 2025, I read 42 books. More than half of those were checked out from my local library. Thank goodness for community resources! My most read genre was romance. I’ll be frank … More My 2025 in Books
A swoony romance between two musicians. … More Review: Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto
A moving mystery and romance about a popular anonymous author. … More Review: The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan
A welcome back to Julia’s Bookshelves! … More Where I’ve Been: The World, The Page, and Other Places
And I would’ve gotten away with it too! If it wasn’t for…. a smart, cunning teenage girl who employs her expert critical thinking skills, social underdog position, and emotional empathy to solve the case. … More Girls on the Case: My Favorite YA Women-Led Mysteries
Gerald’s conscience is somehow uploaded to the Slack channel and he is completely disconnected from his body. While his coworkers navigate the highs and lows of office life, Gerald has to convince someone to believe he is not, in fact, working from home, and needs help finding a way back to his physical body. … More Review: Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
Down by the Pacific Coast Highway, tucked between the mountains and the sea, is the story of the Riva family in Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Malibu Rising. … More Review: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Happy Pride Month! I’m celebrating with lots of reading (of course) and taking a look back at some of my favorite stories that highlight the experiences of LGBTQ+ community members. … More Celebrating LGBTQ+ Fiction: Must-Read Books by Genre
To celebrate International Women’s Day, I’m sharing some of my favorite books written by women. Part of me always always knew that I would be a writer one day. I love books, and stories have guided me my entire life. But there was another part of me that didn’t understand why I would write, or … More Nine Books by Women for International Women’s Day
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